A scenic playground recently opened atop the 622-meter Mount Sarakura in this southwest Japan city's Yahatahigashi Ward, ...

YOKOHAMA--The city of Yokohama came second in a survey ranking the top three cities in Japan with the most spectacular night views. The Kanagawa prefectural capital was included for the first ...

Temples stay open late into the night, and thousands of lanterns ... are dotted with Ryokan — traditional Japanese inns that offer mountain views and sweeping crescents of weeping cherry trees.

But Japanese citizens are not the only ones in their classrooms. An increasing number of night junior highs are being set up across the country to meet the needs of students with foreign roots who ...